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Project to support and promote the globalization and sustainable growth of the Japanese music industry Press Conference

Press conference for the project to support and promote the globalization and sustainable growth of the Japanese music industry. Photo shows, from left, Toyota Group Representative Akio Toyoda (Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation), Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Shunichi Tokura, and Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) President Shunsuke Muramatsu.=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Project to support and promote the globalization and sustainable growth of the Japanese music industry Press Conference

Press conference for the project to support and promote the globalization and sustainable growth of the Japanese music industry. Photo shows, from left, Toyota Group Representative Akio Toyoda (Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation), Shunsuke Muramatsu, President of the Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA), and Shunichi Tokura, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs.=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (R) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, collects a soil sample in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (L) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, holds a rice plant stump he collected in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (front) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, measures radioactivity levels in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Police suspect bullets fired at home of Aso's secretary

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators examine March 1 holes in the front door of the house of Ichiro Muramatsu, a secretary of public management minister Taro Aso in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Police suspect bullets were fired at the house.

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Funeral held for Yazaki employee killed in Colombia

SUSONO, Japan - Autoparts maker Yazaki Corp. holds a funeral service Dec. 2 for Chikao Muramatsu, 55, an employee who was recently killed in Colombia after being held captive since February 2001. The ceremony was held at its facility in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture

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DNA tests confirm body as that of kidnapped Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Yazaki (R), president of Yazaki Corp., bites his lips in vexation at a news conference he gave in Tokyo on Nov. 26 after the body found near Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 24 was confirmed as that of his company's employee Chikao Muramatsu. The Colombian military said DNA testing, dental records and fingerprints helped to identify the bullet-ridden body as that of the kidnapped Japanese business executive.

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Yazaki identifies body as kidnapped Japanese man

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp.'s public relations chief Junichi Yanagisawa tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 26 that a man's body recently recovered on the outskirts of the Colombian capital Bogota was that of kidnapped Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki-Ciemel Ltd., a local joint venture.

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(2)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an advertisement put on the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo by the family of Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu appealing the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for his immediate release. The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be the body of Muramatsu, who was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group and later handed over to FARC.

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(3)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2001 shows a street in Bogota, Colombia, where Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group, which later handed him over to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be Muramatsu's body.

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Kyodo News obtains photos of FARC camp after gov't raid

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Colombian soldiers are seen in photo obtained by Kyodo News investigating a camp believed to be the site where the leftist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were holding captive Chikao Muramatsu, a Japanese company executive. The camp is about 40 minutes by helicopter from San Jose del Guaviare, which is located some 280 kilometers southeast of the Colombian capital Bogota.

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FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

LOS POZOS, Colombia - A female member of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) checks a car at an entrance to the FARC-controlled area on Aug. 13. The leftist guerrilla group leader, who asked for anonymity, said in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News that FARC is holding Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp., who was kidnapped in February.

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Kidnapped Japanese said moved to southern Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - File photo shows a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia near Chuscales in Cundinamarca Province, northeast of Bogota, where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., had been held after being kidnapped in February. Security authorities said July 25 that Muramatsu may have been moved to Meta Province in southern Colombia.

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Japanese executive was abducted in daylight, sources say

BOGOTA, Colombia - Photo shows the road in northern Bogota where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a locally based joint venture of Yazaki Corp., a Japanese auto parts maker, was kidnapped Feb. 22. Sources close to the local police said March 11 the abduction was carried out in broad daylight.

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Yazaki officials meet press on kidnapping in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. meet the press at its head office in Tokyo on March 10 on the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.

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Yazaki exec kidnapped in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials with major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. answer phones at its head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward March 10 after the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia, was reported. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.

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Colombian rebels want $27 mil. ransom for Japan exec

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Guerrillas in Colombia are demanding $27 million in ransom for Chikao Muramatsu (file photo), who was kidnapped in Bogota in February last year, a Colombian magazine reported Jan. 6. Muramatsu, the 53-year-old vice president of a local joint venture involving Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., is being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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Top SDF official visits SDF camp in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Hajime Massaki (R), chairman of the Joint Staff Council of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, poses with Goro Muramatsu, commander of the third contingent of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Samawah, Iraq, during his visit to the SDF's camp in Samawah on Sept. 21. The photo was released by the Ground Self-Defense Force. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Fuji seen from Shimizu

View of Mt. Fuji from the hillside near Ryugeji Temple in Shimizu-Muramatsu, Shizuoka City, facing east. Houses and rice paddies are visible in the foreground, with the village of Muramatsu and Orido Bay in the distance. Miura Peninsula stretches from the right. Shimizu has not yet been opened as a port. The site of this photograph has been a favourite spot to view Mt. Fuji since the Edo Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐55‐0]

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (front) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, measures radioactivity levels in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (L) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, holds a rice plant stump he collected in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)(Kyodo)

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (R) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, collects a soil sample in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Chihiro Muramatsu

Chihiro Muramatsu from Japan in action during the TK Sparta Prague Open 2020, tennis tournament of the WTA, as a substitute for the canceled qualification for the US Open 2020, on August 30, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Pavel Lebeda)

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Chihiro Muramatsu

Chihiro Muramatsu from Czech Republic in action during the TK Sparta Prague Open 2020, tennis tournament of the WTA, as a substitute for the canceled qualification for the US Open 2020, on August 29, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Pavel Lebeda)

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Chihiro Muramatsu

Chihiro Muramatsu from Czech Republic in action during the TK Sparta Prague Open 2020, tennis tournament of the WTA, as a substitute for the canceled qualification for the US Open 2020, on August 29, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Pavel Lebeda)

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Chihiro Muramatsu

Chihiro Muramatsu from Japan in action during the TK Sparta Prague Open 2020, tennis tournament of the WTA, as a substitute for the canceled qualification for the US Open 2020, on August 30, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Pavel Lebeda)

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(2)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an advertisement put on the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo by the family of Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu appealing the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for his immediate release. The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be the body of Muramatsu, who was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group and later handed over to FARC. (Kyodo)

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Police suspect bullets fired at home of Aso's secretary

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators examine March 1 holes in the front door of the house of Ichiro Muramatsu, a secretary of public management minister Taro Aso in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Police suspect bullets were fired at the house. (Kyodo)

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Funeral held for Yazaki employee killed in Colombia

SUSONO, Japan - Autoparts maker Yazaki Corp. holds a funeral service Dec. 2 for Chikao Muramatsu, 55, an employee who was recently killed in Colombia after being held captive since February 2001. The ceremony was held at its facility in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture (Kyodo)

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Yazaki identifies body as kidnapped Japanese man

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp.'s public relations chief Junichi Yanagisawa tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 26 that a man's body recently recovered on the outskirts of the Colombian capital Bogota was that of kidnapped Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki-Ciemel Ltd., a local joint venture.

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Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - A body, believed to be that of Chikao Muramatsu (file photo), was found 70 kilometers northwest of Bogota, central Colombia, Nov. 24. Muramatsu, 55, was kidnapped Feb. 22, 2001, and held by the left-wing guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. (Kyodo)

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(3)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2001 shows a street in Bogota, Colombia, where Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group, which later handed him over to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be Muramatsu's body. (Kyodo)

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Kyodo News obtains photos of FARC camp after gov't raid

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Colombian soldiers are seen in photo obtained by Kyodo News investigating a camp believed to be the site where the leftist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were holding captive Chikao Muramatsu, a Japanese company executive. The camp is about 40 minutes by helicopter from San Jose del Guaviare, which is located some 280 kilometers southeast of the Colombian capital Bogota.

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FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

LOS POZOS, Colombia - A female member of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) checks a car at an entrance to the FARC-controlled area on Aug. 13. The leftist guerrilla group leader, who asked for anonymity, said in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News that FARC is holding Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp., who was kidnapped in February.

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Kidnapped Japanese said moved to southern Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - File photo shows a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia near Chuscales in Cundinamarca Province, northeast of Bogota, where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., had been held after being kidnapped in February. Security authorities said July 25 that Muramatsu may have been moved to Meta Province in southern Colombia.

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Japanese executive was abducted in daylight, sources say

BOGOTA, Colombia - Photo shows the road in northern Bogota where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a locally based joint venture of Yazaki Corp., a Japanese auto parts maker, was kidnapped Feb. 22. Sources close to the local police said March 11 the abduction was carried out in broad daylight.

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Yazaki officials meet press on kidnapping in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. meet the press at its head office in Tokyo on March 10 on the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.

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Yazaki exec kidnapped in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials with major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. answer phones at its head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward March 10 after the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia, was reported. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.